In a remote region of Brazil, archaeologists have unearthed rock art dating back approximately 9,000 years, which ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

Ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos set the standard of beauty and harmony in statues with his groundbreaking Canon of ...

Five “reimagined” galleries at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have now opened to expand the display of the museum’s impressive collection of art from the ancient world, fulfilling the longtime vision of ...

The people who clustered along the Nile River in ancient times didn’t call their land Egypt. They called it Kemet — literally, “the black land,” so named for the fertile soil suffused by nutrients ...

Rome’s rise, as seen in its supersized monuments, colorful mosaics, and marble Caesars. Follow Rome’s rise through its awe-inspiring art, starting at Rome’s humble birthplace in the Forum. Soon Rome ...

In a recent study, Dr. Timur Sadykov and his colleagues analyzed the Scythian animal-style artifacts recovered from one of the few securely dated early Scythian sites, Tunnug 1. The research is ...

New research reveals that the world’s oldest known cave art was likely created by Neanderthals, not modern humans. This ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object’s owner authorized ...

Kasaragod: Researchers have discovered prehistoric rock art at Erikulam in Kasaragod. The finding was made during a team of ...

The Pythian Games, ancient Greece's art Olympics, were a blend of athletic and cultural festivities taking place in Delphi ...